Bill Text - HB1105 (2022)

Relative to earned time credits.


Revision: Nov. 16, 2021, 11:28 a.m.

HB 1105  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2022 SESSION

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04/11

 

HOUSE BILL 1105

 

AN ACT relative to earned time credits.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Abbas, Rock. 8

 

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill amends the earned time credits for certain programs in which a prisoner participates and completes.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2563

04/11

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to earned time credits.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Parole of Prisoners; Earned Time Credits.  Amend RSA 651-A:22-a, I(f) to read as follows:

(f)  Other Programs.  A prisoner who meaningfully participates in any program that is authorized and approved by the department that the commissioner deems to be valuable to the prisoner's rehabilitation which are not covered under subparagraphs (a) through (e) shall be entitled to a one-time reduction of 60 days in his or her minimum sentence and a one-time reduction of 60 days in his or her maximum sentence [for each program completed].

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.